Jesse Stuart letters
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Jesse Stuart letters
- Date
- 1935-1936
- Creator
- Stuart, Jesse, 1906-1984
- Extent
- 0.1 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Authors, American--Kentucky.
- Authors--Correspondence.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format.
- Preferred Citation
- 2011MS112: [identification of item], Jesse Stuart letters, 1935-1936, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Jesse Hilton Stuart (1906-1984) was born in W-Hollow near Riverton in Greenup County, Kentucky. The son of an illiterate farmer, Stuart is recognized as an outstanding regional author. He attended Lincoln Memorial University, receiving an A.B. degree in 1929, and Vanderbilt University from 1931 to 1932, studying when "The Fugitives" were active. When his nineteen stanza poem "Elegy for Mitch Stewart" was published by the American Mercury magazine in 1933, Stuart credited Robert Penn Warren and Donald Davidson for encouraging him to submit his work. In 1954 Stuart was chosen by the Kentucky legislature as Poet Laureate of Eastern Kentucky.
- Scope and Content
- The Jesse Stuart letters contain three letters to Herbert F. Jenkins, an employee of Little Brown & Co., from Jesse Stuart and two photographs of Stuart. In the letters, Stuart discusses his writing, most notably Uncle Fonse Laughed and Beyond Dark Hills.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections.
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